| Prevention Quality Indicators |
| PQI 1 |
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications* (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older
* Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma. |
| PQI 2 |
Admissions with perforated appendix per 1000 admissions with appendicitis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) |
| PQI 3 |
Admissions for diabetes with long-term complications* (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older
* Renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, or other unspecified complications. |
| PQI 4 |
Pediatric asthma admissions (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age less than 18 years |
| PQI 5 |
Admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older |
| PQI 6 |
Admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age less than 18 years |
| PQI 7 |
Admissions for hypertension (excluding patients with cardiac procedures, obstetric and neonatal conditions, and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older |
| PQI 11 |
Bacterial pneumonia admissions (excluding sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric and neonatal admissions) per 100,000 population |
| PQI 13 |
Admissions for angina without procedure (excluding patients with cardiac procedures, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric and neonatal admissions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older |
| PQI 14 |
Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complication* (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older
* Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications. |
| PQI 15 |
Adult asthma admissions (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older |
| (Added) |
Immunization-preventable influenza admissions (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 65 years and older |
| Inpatient Quality Indicators |
| IQI 10 |
Deaths per 1000 pediatric heart surgery admissions, patients age less than 18 years (excluding obstetric admission; patients with transcatheter interventions as single cardiac procedures, performed without bypass but with catheterization; patients with septal defects as single cardiac procedures without bypass; heart transplant; premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure as only cardiac procedure; and age less than 30 days with PDA closure as only cardiac procedure; and transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 11 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 12 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), age 40 and older (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 15 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis, age 18 and older (excluding transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 16 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions with congestive heart failure (CHF) as principal diagnosis, age 18 and older (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 20 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions with pneumonia as principal diagnosis, age 18 and older (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital) |
| IQI 30 |
Deaths per 1000 adult admissions age 40 and older with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties (PTCA) (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital) |
| Patient Safety Indicators |
| PSI 1 |
Complications of anesthesia per 1000 surgical discharges (excluding patients with such complications who also have substance use disorders) |
| PSI 2 |
Deaths per 1000 admissions in low mortality DRGs (DRGs with a NIS 1997 benchmark of less than 0.5% mortality, excluding trauma, immunocompromised, and cancer patients) |
| PSI 3 |
Decubitus ulcers per 1000 discharges of length 5 or more days (excluding paralysis patients, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, patients with diseases of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and breast, and obstetrical admissions) |
| PSI 4 |
Failure to rescue or deaths per 1000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization (excluding patients transferred in or out, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, neonates, and patients over 74 years old) |
| PSI 5 |
Foreign body accidentally left in during procedure per 1000 medical and surgical discharges (excluding neonates*) |
| PSI 6 |
Iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1000 discharges (excluding neonates, obstetrical admissions, and patients with trauma, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, or cardiac surgery*) |
| PSI 7 |
Selected infections due to medical care per 1000 discharges (excluding immunocompromised and cancer patients and neonates)* |
| PSI 8 |
Postoperative hip fracture for adults per 1000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to falling* (excluding obstetrical admissions) |
| PSI 9 |
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation, not verifiable as following surgery*, per 1000 surgical discharges (excluding obstetrical admissions) |
| PSI 10 |
Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1000 elective surgical discharges (excluding some serious disease* and obstetric admissions) |
| PSI 11 |
Postoperative respiratory failure per 1000 elective surgical discharges (excluding patients with respiratory disease, circulatory disease, and obstetric conditions) |
| PSI 12 |
Postoperative pulmonary embolus (PE) or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) per 1000 surgical discharges (excluding patients admitted for DVT, obstetrics, and plication of vena cava before or after surgery*) |
| PSI 13 |
Postoperative sepsis per 1000 elective-surgery discharges of longer than 3 days (excluding patients admitted for infection; patients with cancer or immunocompromised states, and obstetric conditions) |
| PSI 14 |
Reclosure of postoperative disruption of abdominal wall (postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence) per 1000 abdominopelvic-surgery discharges (excluding obstetric conditions*) |
| PSI 15 |
Accidental puncture or laceration during procedures per 1000 discharges (excluding obstetric admissions*) |
| PSI 16 |
Transfusion reactions per 1000 discharges (excluding neonates*) |
| PSI 17 |
Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta births) |
| PSI 27 |
Obstetric trauma with 3rd degree, 4th degree, or other obstetric lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries |
| PSI 28 |
Obstetric trauma with 3rd degree, 4th degree, or other obstetric lacerations per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance |
| PSI 29 |
Obstetric trauma with 3rd degree, 4th degree, or other obstetric lacerations per 1,000 Cesarean deliveries |
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